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Muscular S & P
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | not, without |
| ab- | away, away from |
| bi- | two, both |
| brandy- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| dorsi- | back |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| e-, ex- | out, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia , swelling, protrusion |
| -ceps | heads (attachments) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gram | record, image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process, state, con |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | stduy of |
| hyper- | above; above normal, excessive |
| hypo- | below, below normal, deficient |
| in- | in, into, not |
| par-, para- | Near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ad- | toward |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertanining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | Process of cutting; incision |
| -tonia | ton, tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |